diff --git a/test/bugs/bug198.go b/test/bugs/bug198.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..510658cdd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bugs/bug198.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// errchk $G $D/$F.go
+
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+func f(a T) T {	return a }	// ERROR "T"
+func main() {
+	x := f(0);
+}
diff --git a/test/golden.out b/test/golden.out
index 7aac0e1fc5..6c67c0b08b 100644
--- a/test/golden.out
+++ b/test/golden.out
@@ -174,3 +174,10 @@ BUG should compile and run
 too many calls: 5
 panic PC=xxx
 BUG: bug196
+
+=========== bugs/bug198.go
+bugs/bug198.go:8: undefined: T
+bugs/bug198.go:8: T is not a type
+bugs/bug198.go:8: too many arguments to return
+bugs/bug198.go:10: too many arguments to CALL
+BUG: errchk: compiler crashed